Men’s Garden Club to sponsor annual plant sale

Special to The Vindicator

FINAL INSPECTION: Making sure the plants they have raised with tender loving care are in perfect condition for the upcoming three-day sale to be held by the Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown are, from left, Ted Vagas, Bill Fassos and Bill Carney, club members.

BOARDMAN — The Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown is sponsoring its annual spring plant sale Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the MASCO greenhouse on the corner of South Avenue and Bev Road.

From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, the organization will offer a wide variety of annuals, vegetables and herbs and hanging bags and hanging baskets filled with colorful plants grown locally by members of the club. Six-packs of annuals are $2.25, and flats of 36 plants are $11.95.

For more information, call (330) 799-6046.

Proceeds from the sale will fund varied civic programs supported by the club, which was founded in 1930 to promote a better understanding of gardening through education and horticultural diversity for all segments of the community.

Community service

The club donates plant materials for Youngstown Streetscape, Smoky Hollow Memorial and other community projects, awards horticultural scholarships and has a growing relationship with Mahoning County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.